At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Summary
In Shawwal 372 AH 'Adud al-Dawla Fanakhusraw, son of Rukn al-Dawla, died of epilepsy at the age of 47 years and 11 months 2.
His last words
As death came upon him he kept saying, "His wealth did not help him; his power has perished from him," and he repeated it until he died. He was buried in the House of the Kingdom, and his death was kept secret. Later his body was taken to the shrine of Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) 1.
Shahanshah
He was the first to be addressed as Shahanshah in Islam, and the first to have the khutba read for him from the pulpits in Baghdad after the caliph. He uncovered the tomb of Ali at Kufa and built the shrine over it, developed the regions, dug canals, improved the road to Mecca, built a wall around the city of the Prophet ﷺ, and built the 'Adudi hospital in Baghdad 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Adud al-Dawla Fanakhusraw ibn Rukn al-Dawla· صمصام الدولة بن عضد الدولة
People and things also explored
The 'Adudi Bimaristan· Adud al-Dawla's Arrival in Iraq· Al-Ta'i' Delegates Authority to Adud al-Dawla· Adud al-Dawla Seizes the Realm of the Banu Hamdan· The killing of Bakhtiyar ibn Mu'izz al-Dawla· Adud al-Dawla Fanakhusraw ibn Rukn al-Dawla· صمصام الدولة بن عضد الدولة
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 78-80
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 78-79
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islam.museum contributors. “Death of Adud al-Dawla ibn Buwayh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-of-adud-al-dawla-372/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.